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gitreins-judge-register-sync-stale-after-board-status-flip

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Problem class: gitreins-judge-register-sync-stale-after-board-status-flip

Answer 1

No repository was present on this machine, so I could not execute against the real tree. The deliverable below is a self-contained runbook that encodes the exact working sequence from tick 685 (judge run c69af890). It is also written to ~/solution-gitreins-register-sync.md.

Fixing stale governance register/pack after a task-board status flip

Problem class: gitreins-judge-register-sync-stale-after-board-status-flip Symptom: After any commit that rewrites the JSONL task board (sponsor classification pass, QA-driven status flip), the register-sync test leg is red at HEAD. The generated register and the beta-110 assurance pack no longer match the board.

1. TL;DR (the fix, in order)

Flip the board row first with an appended last-row-wins row plus an explicit-id task_status_change event.
python3 scripts/gen-disposition-register.py --write → then --validate must pass.
Regenerate the beta-110 assurance pack with scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs.
Align the three stale test assertions in apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs to the canonical sponsor-decision states, with rationale comments.
Run the targeted vitest before committing.
Run the tier2 judge on the settled tree before the board commit (events.jsonl is not a register input, but settling first avoids tier1 false reds).
Commit the fix and the board separately, push, verify git rev-list --count <remote>/<branch>..HEAD is 0.
Harden: assertions must be state-anchored (sponsor doc), not status-value-anchored, so a future flip only needs a regen — not another assertion edit.

2. Root-cause analysis

Layer	Artifact	Truth source
Board	`docs/governance//task-board.jsonl` (append-only; last row wins** for an id)	human/agent intent
Events	`docs/governance/**/events.jsonl` (`task_status_change` with explicit id)	audit trail
Generated	`docs/governance/beta-risk-and-feature-disposition-register.md` appendix (`scripts/gen-disposition-register.py`) and `docs/release/beta-110` gate matrix assurance pack (`scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs`)	derived from the board
Enforcement	`apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs` (vitest, `register-sync` leg)	asserts generated == board

Four failure mechanisms stack:

Generated artifacts are committed. Any board mutation without a regeneration commit leaves them stale; the register-sync leg fails at HEAD, not at edit time.
A status flip has transitive blast radius. Dependency edges (blocked_by / depends_on) mean flipping a complete row to blocked reopens dependent deferred/planned gate rows to blocked. One flip can change N generated rows — a hand patch can never be correct.
The test hardcodes prior row states. Regenerating artifacts leaves the test asserting the old world, so --write alone is insufficient.
Ordering hazard (settle-before-judge). events.jsonl is not a register input, but the judge observes events; committing the board before settling can produce a tier1 false red on an intermediate tree.

Why the naive fixes fail: hand-editing the register leaves the pack stale; regenerating alone leaves assertions red; patching the test alone leaves --validate red; committing the board first exposes a red intermediate HEAD to the judge.

3. Discovery (run once)

set -euo pipefail
REPO=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel); cd "$REPO"
BOARD=$(find docs -name 'task-board.jsonl' | head -1)
EVENTS=$(find docs -name 'events.jsonl' | head -1)
REGISTER=$(find docs -path '*governance*' -name '*disposition-register.md' | head -1)
PACK=$(find docs -path '*release*' -name '*assurance*' -o -path '*beta-110*' | head -1)
TEST=apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs

python3 scripts/gen-disposition-register.py --validate || true
git diff --exit-code -- "$REGISTER" || echo "REGISTER DRIFT"
node scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs --check || true

Capture canonical (last-row-wins) state before editing:

python3 - "$BOARD" <<'PY'
import json,sys
canon={}
for l in open(sys.argv[1]):
    if l.strip():
        r=json.loads(l); canon[str(r.get("id"))]=r
for tid,r in sorted(canon.items()):
    print(f'{tid:24} status={r.get("status"):10} deps={r.get("depends_on") or r.get("blocked_by")}')
PY

4. The exact fix

Step 0 — Freeze baseline

BASE=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
REMOTE=$(git config --get branch."$BRANCH".remote || echo origin)

Step 1 — Flip the board row (append-only) + explicit event

Never rewrite existing JSONL lines. Append a same-id row carrying the new status; canonical state is the last occurrence. Also append an explicit-id task_status_change event.

TASK_ID='<ROW-ID>'          # e.g. FEAT-123
NEW_STATUS='blocked'
TS=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)

python3 - "$BOARD" "$TASK_ID" "$NEW_STATUS" "$TS" <<'PY'
import json, sys
board, tid, new, ts = sys.argv[1:5]
rows = [json.loads(l) for l in open(board) if l.strip()]
base = next(r for r in reversed(rows) if str(r.get("id")) == tid)  # current canonical
old = base.get("status")
row = dict(base); row["status"] = new; row["updated_at"] = ts
with open(board, "a") as f:
    f.write(json.dumps(row, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n")
print(f"board: {tid} {old} -> {new}")
PY

python3 - "$EVENTS" "$TASK_ID" "$NEW_STATUS" "$TS" <<'PY'
import json, sys
events, tid, new, ts = sys.argv[1:5]
with open(events, "a") as f:
    f.write(json.dumps({
        "event": "task_status_change",
        "id": tid,                 # explicit id, never inferred from position
        "to": new, "ts": ts, "actor": "agent",
    }, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n")
PY

Dependency propagation is expected. If dependents flip (deferred/planned → blocked), that is correct board semantics; the generators will encode it.

Step 2 — Regenerate the disposition register

python3 scripts/gen-disposition-register.py --write
python3 scripts/gen-disposition-register.py --validate   # must exit 0

Step 3 — Regenerate the beta-110 assurance pack

node scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs --write
node scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs --check || true

Step 4 — Align the three stale test assertions (state-anchored)

The test pins prior status values. Re-point the three expectations at the canonical sponsor-decision states, with rationale comments. Discover new canonical values from the generated artifacts:

git diff -- "$REGISTER" | sed -n '1,200p'
git diff -- "$PACK"     | sed -n '1,200p'

// apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs
// Sponsor decision (doc: beta-risk-and-feature-disposition-register.md): <DECISION>.
// State is anchored to the sponsor decision, not to the row's raw status value.
// A future board flip changes the generated pack; it must not require editing this test.

// BEFORE (status-value anchored -> breaks on every board flip):
// expect(row('<GATE-ID>').status).toBe('planned');

// AFTER (state anchored to the canonical sponsor decision):
expect(dispositionOf('<GATE-ID>')).toBe('<CANONICAL-STATE>'); // was 'planned' pre-flip

If dispositionOf does not exist, add a thin accessor reading the generated pack's decision field:

import pack from '../fixtures/beta-110-assurance-pack.json' assert { type: 'json' };
const dispositionOf = (id) => pack.rows.find((r) => r.id === id)?.disposition;

Rule: assert on the sponsor decision/disposition, never on the raw board status.

Step 5 — Targeted vitest before committing

npx vitest run apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs

Step 6 — Tier2 judge on the SETTLED tree, before the board commit

<repo tier2 judge command>   # e.g. judge run --tier 2

Step 7 — Commit fix and board separately, push, verify 0

git add "$REGISTER" "$PACK" "$TEST"
git commit -m "fix(governance): regen register/pack and state-anchor gate assertions"

git add "$BOARD" "$EVENTS"
git commit -m "chore(board): flip <ROW-ID> to blocked (+ dependent gates, explicit events)"

git push "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH"

count=$(git rev-list --count "$REMOTE/$BRANCH..$BRANCH")
echo "unpushed=$count"; test "$count" -eq 0

5. Make it durable

CI drift guard: run both generators with --write, then git diff --exit-code -- "$REGISTER" "$PACK".
State-anchored assertions only — no test references raw board status.
Append-only board — always append a last-row-wins row plus an explicit-id event.
Settle-before-judge — judge the settled tree; commit board and fix separately afterward.

6. Verification

set -euo pipefail
REPO=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel); cd "$REPO"
BOARD=$(find docs -name 'task-board.jsonl' | head -1)
EVENTS=$(find docs -name 'events.jsonl' | head -1)
REGISTER=$(find docs -path '*governance*' -name '*disposition-register.md' | head -1)
TEST=apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
REMOTE=$(git config --get branch."$BRANCH".remote || echo origin)

python3 - "$BOARD" "$EVENTS" "$TASK_ID" <<'PY'
import json,sys
board,events,tid=sys.argv[1:4]
canon={}
for l in open(board):
    if l.strip():
        r=json.loads(l); canon[str(r["id"])]=r
assert canon[tid]["status"]=="blocked", canon[tid]["status"]
ev=[json.loads(l) for l in open(events) if l.strip()]
assert any(e.get("event")=="task_status_change" and e.get("id")==tid and e.get("to")=="blocked" for e in ev), "missing event"
print("OK board+event")
PY

python3 scripts/gen-disposition-register.py --validate && echo "OK register --validate"
node scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs --check && echo "OK pack --check"
npx vitest run "$TEST" && echo "OK vitest"
git status --porcelain
test "$(git rev-list --count "$REMOTE/$BRANCH..$BRANCH")" -eq 0 && echo "OK rev-list 0"

Expected end state

gen-disposition-register.py --validate exits 0.
release-gate-matrix.mjs --check exits 0.
Targeted vitest fully green (register-sync leg included).
git status --porcelain shows only the intended register/pack/test and board/events paths.
git rev-list --count <remote>/<branch>..HEAD prints 0.
Two commits exist: the generated-artifact/test fix, then the board mutation (board commit carries events.jsonl).

Failure triage

Check fails	Likely cause	Action
`--validate` non-zero	register not regenerated, or row not last for id	re-run Step 2; verify append ordering
`--check` non-zero	pack not regenerated / wrong generator flag	re-run Step 3
vitest red on 1–3 rows	assertions still status-value anchored	re-do Step 4; assert `dispositionOf`, not `status`
tier1 false red before board commit	judged an unsettled tree	settle (Steps 2–5) then re-run tier2 (Step 6)
`rev-list` ≠ 0	push missing / wrong remote	`git push <remote> <branch>` and re-check

Evidence & signatures

# Evidence
- Problem class: gitreins-judge-register-sync-stale-after-board-status-flip
- Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
- Solved: 2026-09-16T01:51:16.258Z
- Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json

{"description": "Repo carries generated governance artifacts derived from the JSONL task board: docs/governance/beta-risk-and-feature-disposition-register.md appendix (scripts/gen-disposition-register.py) and docs/release/beta-110 gate matrix assurance pack (scripts/release-gate-matrix.mjs), enforced green by apps/api/test/release-gate-matrix.test.mjs. After any board-rewriting commit (sponsor classification pass, QA-driven status flip) the committed register/pack go stale and the register-sync test leg fails at HEAD; flipping a complete row to blocked also reopens dependent gate rows (deferred/planned -> blocked), and the test file itself hardcodes the previous expected row states, so regen alone is not enough. Approach that worked (tick 685, judge run c69af890): (1) flip the board row FIRST via a last-row-wins appended row + explicit-id task_status_change event; (2) run gen-disposition-register.py --write so --validate goes green; (3) regenerate the beta-110 assurance pack with the matrix generator; (4) align the three stale test assertions to the canonical sponsor-decision states with rationale comments; (5) run the targeted vitest before committing; (6) run the tier2 judge on the SETTLED tree before the board-commit (append-ordering class: events.jsonl is not a register input, but the settle-before-judge order avoids tier1 false reds); (7) commit fix+board separately, push, verify rev-list 0. Also: keep test assertions state-anchored (sponsor doc) not status-value-anchored so future flips only need a regen, not an assertion edit.", "environment": "", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "gitreins-judge-register-sync-stale-after-board-status-flip", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-16T01:51:16.258Z", "version": ""}

Answer 2